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Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Malacology

(BPBM:MAL)

Taxon: Trochomorpha troilus A. Gould, 1846
Family: Achatinellidae

Collector: E.H. Bryan, Jr.      

Date: 1924-04-26

Verbatim Date: 4/26/1924

Locality: Polynesia, Samoa, Upolu, Molololelei to Lanuto'o; 6 mi. from shore

-13.89851  -171.792906 +-3036m.  WGS84

Georeference Remarks: Molololelei -> Malololelei

Habitat: [ELEVATION: 2000 feet]; ridge, flat, on ferns, shrubs, tree trunks, damp, in very moist rainforest

Substrate: [TERRESTRIAL]; [in type collection -DKB] Label states: meas spm. {PSA (11/24/97)-Label has blue and red lines underlining species name. In old box: 9365, from which the specimens were removed and placed into the type collection, label states: 75747/type col.-PSA}. {PSA (2/18/98)-Catalogue remarks state: Mantle distinctly mottled with yellow-white + black. Like snake skin-PSA}

Dry Count: 1

Notes: Collected

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Record ID: 33e356d3-2405-46f1-9bd0-646e4e383910

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Norine Yeung (norine@bishopmuseum.org)